In Defense of Food

Do you ever wonder what all of those ingredients on the back of food packages are, and what they really do?  Michael Pollan sure has, and the answer definitely did not please him, as he voiced in his book, In Defense of Food.  Pollan argues that modern "food" is actually not real food, just a combination of additives and nutrients that look like food.  Science tells us that these additives are good for us, but Pollan does bring up a good point: if we are consuming more nutritious food then ever, why are we not healthier then ever?  He says that nutritionism is to blame, which is giving food only the value of the nutrients it contains.  Food cannot be looked at this way, and clean, untainted food, like the food our ancestors ate, needs to be returned to modern society.  I personally do not agree with Pollan and his theory, because in my opinion, if the nutrients are proven to be healthy, then it does not matter what form they take (what type of food) they will always be healthy.  This book, is really just giving another diet, only clean, REAL food, just backed up with science.  Dieters and scientists, this is a must read.